HAIR STYLE

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2007 Hairstyle Trends - Insider Survey

By Brooke Hayles
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AG Hair Cosmetics runs routine surveys with a few hundred hairstylists to predict upcoming trends for hair. Looks like their predictions for 2007 hairstyle trends were pretty well spot on!
The most popular 2007 hairstyle trend to hit the runways and heads of celebrities is shaping up to be short cuts loaded with volume and "controlled messiness". This look transcends all age groups, and can look flattering on any woman. Slight variations make the style acceptable and fashionable for men, as well. You might think of it as the one size fits all approach to hairstyles!
Ellen Degeneres, Meg Ryan, and Hillary Clinton have already been seen wearing variations of the short and messy hairdo. This year will probably see the ladies adding more layers and volume to the roots of their hair, letting bangs fall over foreheads in a wispy- and slightly too long look that translates into a sexy framing of the face. If you just can't part with your long hair, remember to get rid of the super-straight locks that were popular last year. Adding a simple wave or loose curls will give you the fashionable look of the year.
The popular 2007 hairstyle trend for men is a simple to maintain, shaggy look. A good way to achieve this look is to have hair cut and textured into a short length. Wash and style hair before going to bed at night, and when you wake up simply run your fingers through and you're ready to go! It's the look that all fashionable men will be wearing for this year. In fact, if you want to take it a step further, men can add some warmer hair tones to their natural hair color.
While you don't want your hair to look or feel dirty, it's important to note that the current look of "controlled messiness" is managed better if your hair isn't washed every single day. Just-washed hair will also not hold as much volume as second-day washed hair, so keep that in mind and consider switching to an evening shower routine so you can keep up with the newest 2007 hairstyle trend.
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New 2007 Hairstyles

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Are you fashionably prepared and wearing one of the new 2007 Hairstyles? 2007 unfolds, many new hairstyles are making their appearance by fashion trendsetters and celebrities- if you haven’t evaluated your own look yet, now is the time!
The time has come to trade in your flat irons and straightening hair products for hair that’s been carefully cut to look like it’s an effortless style, full of movement and irregular lengths, waves and a perfect blending of colors. If your hairstyle doesn’t move naturally, look and feel soft and speak volumes (literally!) - your hairstyle is out of style. The new 2007 hairstyle reveals that there is more to style than a specific length or color of hair.
In order to get the fashionable hair of the year, you’ll want to allow naturally wavy hair to wave freely with a nicely shaped cut that frames your face and consists of several different lengths and textures. Tone down tightly curled hair that was popular in the 80’s with large rollers or curling iron, creating subtle curls and waves of varying lengths. Shorter hairstyles can get a boost of volume with styling products used at the top of the head, and cutting hair to taper softly around the neck for less volume through to the tips of your hair.
While no specific color will take over the latest hairstyles, there will be an increase in the skillful mixing of colors for a blended, natural effect. You’ll notice blondes with light, metallic hair tips to brighten the look of their faces and add volume to their locks, while redheads will blend orange and chestnut tones to create a passionate look. Above all, the new 2007 hairstyle trend will involve natural looking, soft and touchable hair.
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DO SAFE HAIR DYES

DO SAFE HAIR DYES

By Dr. Donna Schwontkowski

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Today, everybody knows that certain elements, such as nickel, chromium and cobalt, can cause health problems and allergies. Not everyone may know, though, that these three potentially toxic elements can be found in high concentrations in hair dyes.

Studies show that constituents of hair dyes show up in the urine within 24 hours, which means they are circulating throughout the body after the application.

There is substantial evidence that nickel, chromium and cobalt are essential elements required for the body in extremely low amounts; however, all three can cause serious problems in the body, when in excess.

Let us address nickel toxicity here. Excess nickel has been well established to be toxic to the kidneys and carcinogenic. A single cigarette typically contains from 2 to 6 mcg of nickel. Nickel is absorbed more efficiently in the lungs than in the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms of chronic nickel exposure include dermatitis, chronic rhinitis, and hypersensitivity reactions. Nickel can hypersensitize the immune system, causing hyperallergenic responses to many different substances. Consider the type of allergies caused by nickel in earrings or in scissors used by hairdressers.

One study, done by Aecono Consulting, shows that allergy, in particular to nickel, is found in 10% of women in industrialized countries. The other potentially toxic elements, chromium and cadmium, will be addressed in future articles.

You may not be showing physical signs that you are accumulating nickel or other toxic elements yet, primarily because your body has not reached a critical load of them. Once the body reaches the "overflow" point, that is when signs and symptoms start to appear.

Growing numbers of women and men are turning to hair dyes that are known to have low levels of these metals. One European-trained cosmetologist in the U.S., Ted Berry, at his salon, Hair Color To Go(TM), has been using hair coloring imported from Europe for over a decade on clients. It is one that is documented to be low in nickel, chromium and cobalt. Ted created a patent-pending system of affordable custom European hair coloring mixed for an individual.

"There is a difference between sensitivity to nickel, chromium and cobalt and an allergy. If someone is allergic to these potentially toxic elements, they should not use any dyes with any amounts of these metals in them. But if they are sensitive to hair dyes, it is possible that there will be reduced sensitivity from the European hair color because of the extremely low percentages of these toxic metals in the dyes," he said. "It is always best to do a patch test of the dye on skin before it is applied to the hair."

To use dyes or not is always the question.

"The answer is that either way, there are pros and cons. When you factor in the benefit of a more youthful appearance, suddenly the quality of life gets better and it seems to outweigh a lot of the cons... It is worth it to a lot of people to dye their hair and look their best every day," Ted said. "When you think of all the other chemicals and pesticides that are encountered on a daily basis, such as from smoking, air pollution, and food contaminants, these are probably accumulating at higher rates in the body than six or seven applications of hair dyes throughout the year."

He searched for years to find a safer hair dye before he found one from Europe that actually provided optimal professional color for clients.

"Some people use Henna, but Henna does not cover gray hair well because it can create yellow or green tones on the gray. It will not make you blonder, is messy because it's a powder, is tedious to apply, and is limited. Compound henna products can contain fine metallic salts; if they do, they are not compatible with most other chemical services. If henna dye could somehow give professional color, hairdressers would use it. But it does not."

His patent-pending system involves a highly accurate way to customize your hair coloring, even though you may be miles away from his salon. All formulas are mixed to your color expectations, formulated by a certified cosmetologist for the composition of your hair. The porosity of the hair determines the amount of color lifting and also color distortion. You can conveniently apply your color at home, achieving better quality than over-the-counter products without the need for visiting a salon.

Ted made the process a simple three-step process:

1. Order the hair color analysis kit, which consists of 22 actual hair samples to be used to determine your existing hair color and condition. The swatches come with full instructions and the evaluation process takes only a few minutes.

2. Submit the Analysis information online, by phone or mail.

3. Receive your custom-formulated hair color, formulated by your own personal Senior Color Consultant. She's one of several Hair Color To Go (TM) European-trained hair color technicians who is a certified cosmetologist and expert in hair care science. She will contact you by email or phone and assist you in obtaining your first hair color product.

Try this professional grade color for yourself. For more information, see www.HairColorToGo.com

Dr. Donna Schwontkowski, known as "Sacramento's Detox Expert", teaches detoxification and cleansing as well as other practical natural health classes. She's also the editor of Health & Fitness Magazine. Find out more about her extensive background and services at http://www.DrDonna.net and http://www.MillionDollarMemory.net You can contact her directly at DrDonna@DrDonna.net

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PERSONALITY AND OWN FASHION

PERSONALITY AND FASHION

By Robert Scott

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Personality is the outward expression of that indefinable quality known as "individuality." Personality we can develop—can really create. How? By making it express in the fullest sense our highest and best aspirations.
Personality carries great responsibilities, because we expect it to represent us as individuals. We should therefore clothe our personality with honest thoughts, high ideals, and lofty purposes; and to enable it to forge ahead—to permit us to reach the pinnacles of our aspirations—we should clothe its dwelling place—our body—with agreeable and proper raiment, raiment that will not hamper it but stimulate it to guide our pursuits, to make friends and success for us.
Your individual characteristics should dominate you, your ideas, your attitude toward life and toward those with whom you come in contact.
Your clothes help you to express your innermost thoughts, your kindliness, your good feeling toward all about you. This should be sufficient reason for knowing your good and bad points and understanding yourself well enough to bring out the charm you possess or to cultivate charm if you feel that you lack this invaluable quality.
You should never be satisfied to be a nonentity in intellect, in understanding, or in friendship. You should express your personality in these things, and, in doing this, one of the greatest aids is dressing yourself appropriately, becomingly, and with individuality.
Sometimes, women misinterpret the worth whileness of individuality in attire and resort to freakish costuming. We may be grateful for the infrequency of such mistakes, for there are few women—yes, very few—who do not desire to dress in the most becoming way possible, and who will not, with aid and encouragement, persevere until capable of dressing in a distinctive, beautiful way.
It is my desire in this book to give you authentic and definite information that will enable you to distinguish between what is worth while and what is not, and so help you to select such materials, colors, and designs for your garments that they will harmonize with your individuality and environment.
The experience of designers and creators of wearing apparel has demonstrated that harmonious dress is simply the result of a proper knowledge of color, basic motifs of design, the kind of fabric to employ for a given purpose, and the lines of the human figure. Therefore, instead of being perplexing, harmonious dress —distinctive dress—is simply the result of good judgment used in selecting colors and fabrics and choosing and adapting styles that, in motifs of design, suit the lines and proportions of your figure.
To be clothed in garments that in every way bring out your best points and in no way emphasize any of your defects should be your aim. There are comparatively few women who can afford to be richly dressed; yet, no woman, no matter what her station in life may be, can afford to be shabbily dressed.
Next to your ability—and some claim before it—comes your personal appearance.
Your clothes are your visiting cards—your cards of admission, so to speak—and you cannot afford to be tabooed because of being untidy or dressed unbecomingly.
A really well-dressed woman is never conspicuous nor uncomfortable no matter where she may be. To be well dressed, however, does not necessarily mean that you must be extravagantly dressed; it does mean, though, that you must understand dress harmony—how to adapt prevailing styles to harmonize with your personality and to conform to it.
"Personality and Fashion" is taken from a 1918 publication "Secrets of Distinctive Dress". The information is timeless and just as applicable today as it was back then. To learn more about 1920's ladies fashions we invite you to visit http://www.1920-30.com/fashion

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OWN FASHION STYLE

DEVELOPING YOUR OWN FASHION STYLE

By Robert Scott

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Your style is important. Ask yourself every time you buy anything, every time you make anything, or have anything made: Is it in accord with my style? Does it meet the requirements of correct dress for me?
If you live in a little city or a village and suddenly found yourself on Fifth Avenue in New York City, would you feel conspicuous in your clothes? If friends from the fashion centers of America were coming to visit you, would you feel out of place in your costume? You should not. You have the same opportunity to be correctly dressed as any other woman if you will study and persevere toward perfection in dress.
We must realize that we have a style of our own and that we are of a particular type. This is recognized by every fashion authority in the country, and by every fashion publication, for if all women were to adhere to one fashion, one fashion only would be shown in the fashion books instead of twenty, thirty, or fifty different designs.
Look through any fashion book today and you will find round-and-round and up-and-down lines in the same issue—all with the idea of helping women to clothe themselves correctly and of giving suggestions that will help them individually to find appropriate styles.
Establishing a style for yourself and then perfecting it—be it in hats, gloves, shoes, dresses, or suits—will prove economical, and it will not be long before a degree of perfection will be acquired.
A prominent New York business woman, who is one of the most distinctively dressed women that I know, wears the smartest suits and hats and always severely tailor-made gowns. And her neckwear, usually a jabot or a stock, is so smart that you would never for a minute question whether it is authoritatively fashionable. She always wears high shoes on the street, and usually they have light-colored tops, because she is tall and the light tops of the shoes help to break the appearance of height.
One day, this young woman came to visit me. I could not refrain from remarking about the completeness of her costume. I said, "If I saw your shadow, I should know that it was you by the harmony that your silhouette expresses and the very way you carry yourself."
She said, "Do you know that remarks like yours are what caused me to persevere in acquiring my style of dressing? I used to think I wanted loose, floppy clothes in which I could relax and be just as free and comfortable as if I were in negligee. Once, when in a ferry boat crossing New York harbor, I saw sitting opposite me a line of crumpled-up women apparently enjoying their slovenly posture. Not one of them expressed dignity or pride in her personal appearance. Not one of the women on that boat, I thought, was unusual or had any desire to know better. I then took a little self-inventory. I was ashamed of myself, because I realized I was not very much better dressed than the other women on the boat. I sat up straight and determined right then and there that I would acquire a style becoming and practical for me and would express that style in the most attractive and agreeable way that I could. And that resolution has helped me more than I can say."
She was frank enough to tell me that she attributed a great part of her success to having wakened up, to having made herself trim and having kept herself so. She always plans to have one good suit or one good dress—just as good as she possibly can afford; she procures a garment that she has to respect, and that will make her "dress up to fit."
She said, "If I put on a shabby dress, I will allow my shoes to be shabby and will be careless about my personal grooming; but when I have a dress that I have to be particular about, I always have my hair, my shoes, my gloves, my corset—everything—Just right for it, and I always look very much better."
Living up to your clothes, creating a style, and being equal to an intelligent expression of it are worth many dollars to a woman who wants to be a success in business, in the home, or in social life.
"Developing Your Own Fashion Style" is taken from a 1918 publication "Secrets of Distinctive Dress". The information is timeless and just as applicable today as it was back then. To learn more about 1920's ladies fashions we invite you to visit http://www.1920-30.com/fashion

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RIGHT DYE FOR YOUR HAIR & BODY IMAGE

Beauty Tips For Women -

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT DYE FOR YOUR HAIR

By Maria Markella

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Isn't it true that when you want to change your look surprisingly and dramatically you change your hair? Coloring your hair always gives you a new look. Here's my advice on how to choose the right dye for your hair.
So you decide to color your hair. You are positive about the change and well prepared to see your new look. First you have to decide on the dye you are going to use. I will leave the color choice up to you. I will just mention that there are permanent dyes and not-so-permanent ones and each type has its variations.
There's also a third type of hair dyes. The vegetable dyes which are made out of natural ingredients and which are highly recommended. Vegetable dyes are similar to henna and belong to the not-so-permanent types of dyes.
Ok, you are ready to color your hair. Before you proceed you need to know what coloring method to choose depending on your hair style. Your new hair color must look good with your skin color/type. For example if your skin is light, you wont look good with very dark hair because you don't want your hair to draw the color out of your skin.
If you decide to be blonde then never attempt to color your hair alone the first time. It's better to take some advice from an expert/stylist or leave him/her do the job for you, especially if your hair has been permanently tinted.
If you decide you should have the sexy red hair, then you should know that red color really draws attention. It should be painless except if you are blonde in which case you should go at least two shades darker than your natural hair color in order to have a successful coloring result.
If you choose the good-old brown colors and wanna be a brunette then you should know that this is your safest choice. Brown colors will fit almost any skin/hair type. You can achieve all sorts of looks by using combinations of shades.
Last but not least. Black color. It will give you a dark/goth look. If you decide to color your hair black then you should know its the easiest color to apply to your hair. It will usually cover all hair types easily and effectively. Just make sure black colors look good with the rest of your face and will add to your skin, since black hair usually looks good on dark-skinned people only.
Looking for more beauty tips? Take a look at this beauty guide with insider secrets from top beauty professionals. You will learn how to look and feel better than ever. You see, beauty is not just an outer appearance. It is a complete harmony from within that can be felt and sensed by others from the way you present yourself.

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BODY IMAGE

By Lucy Costigan

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How many women on planet earth are happy with their body image? From infancy, girls are taught to judge themselves against stereotypes of beauty and acceptability, and to find themselves sadly lacking. Women are told by friends, family and society that they are the too small, fat, flat-chested or dumpy. This greatly damages women’s self-esteem and self-love. This lack of acceptance of the body is at the root of much of women’s psychological and emotional pain and disturbance.
Bulimia and Women's Preoccupation with Thinness
In "Fat is a Feminist Issue", Orbach (1988) explores the reasons why many women are compulsive eaters and suffer from bulimia. Women who are termed bulimic follow a self-destructive pattern of bingeing, consuming huge amounts of food addictively and then forcing themselves to vomit, to purge themselves of the distasteful food. Many women whom Orbach has worked with in her psychotherapy practice go on binges to fill the lonely void in their lives. Many hate their bodies, feel disgust and guilt for being fat but also feel that the extra layers of fat give them a kind of protection, helping them to feel less weak and vulnerable in such a patriarchal world.
Many women who are overweight feel that at least they will not be treated as sex objects, unlike women who are considered to be beautiful who are often trivialised by men. The fear of being harassed at work and on the streets is another reason why some women subconsciously choose to be fat. These women believe that their padded bodies will protect them from being on the receiving end of leering gazes, unwanted sexual attention and wolf whistles.
Anorexia Nervosa
Orbach (1993) draws from her psychoanalytical and therapeutic experience in “Hunger Strike”’ to explore the reasons why so many women are suffering from anorexia. Statistics show that hundreds of thousands of women die from the affects of anorexia in the US, in Europe and in Australia every year. Anorexia is the extremity of a problem that affects millions of women who eat less than the medically-calculated number of calories needed to nurture and feed their bodies.
The anorectic woman initially tries to transform her body into that which will be acceptable to society. But she also seeks to deny her femininity by straightening out the curves of her body, ceasing to menstruate and no longer to bare any sign that she is capable of reproduction. In this way she surpasses society's demands that a woman be thin and desirable and instead goes on a form of hunger strike, trying to control even her most basic need for food as she has been brought-up to deny all her emotional needs.
Women Suppressing Emotional Needs
Tracing the development of women's body image and self-concept, Orbach (1993) refers to the importance of the mother-daughter relationship. Basically, the mother is often not able to express or fill her own needs, often having been reared in an oppressive and controlling patriarchal household and society. The daughter therefore learns from the mother to suppress her needs, especially her emotional hunger and her need for individual fulfilment, and instead to nurture and be responsible for the needs of others.
The whole area of food is another emotionally-loaded issue, as the mother often has a preoccupation with food, preparing appetising meals for the men of the house while continuing to diet and keep herself thin. The mother may refuse to allow her daughter to eat as often as natural hunger demands. Western culture has become obsessed with keeping women thin and sexually desirable to give pleasure to men, while denying their own inherent right to enjoy body sensations and the physical and emotional feelings of fullness.
In adolescence the mother may be involved in trying to get her daughter to lose 'puppy fat'. She may believe that weight loss will help her daughter to fit the cultural image of female acceptability, while at the same time denying her daughter's sexual development and need for intimacy, probably as her needs were denied by her own mother.
Creating a False Self for Survival
Orbach (1993) states that the mother-daughter relationship is of immense importance to a woman’s psychological development. This begins in infancy when the bad or needy feelings that the female child feels are suppressed; as she feels there is no way that they will be ever filled. To survive this pain she develops the belief that she shouldn't have needs. Therefore the first split occurs: it is unacceptable to have needs, so the female child simply develops a false self to cope with this unbearable situation. Her body too is split from her true self and becomes an object that must be controlled and manipulated to fit in with society’s expectations. She learns that if her body is acceptable then people will like her. Her self-esteem and her whole sense of self is desperately insecure, as she judges herself against society’s notion of desirability. Thus the scene is set for self-starvation, for going a step further and denying that she has any need for food. Food becomes the symbol for unlocking the horrible emptiness of her mind and soul, the admission of psychic hunger and emotional depredation that could so easily destroy her. Therefore food becomes the enemy, and starvation her salvation.
Therapists who work with women who are anorexic must explore the cultural roots of women’s lack of self-esteem and their propensity towards self-annihilation. Therapists need to realise that for these women their emaciated bodies are an attempt to deal with the feelings of alienation and worthlessness that surface unless they conform to some impossible ideal.
Lucy Costigan is a therapist and author from Ireland. To date she has written eight books, including two novels. This article is an extract from her book “Women and Healing”, published by iUniverse in 2006.

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